Critical Analysis of Walsh's: Guarded by Mystery: Meaning in a Postmodern Age

Name Instructor Course Date Critical Analysis of Walsh's: Guarded by Mystery: Meaning in a Postmodern Age Book Review Critical Analysis of Walsh's: Guarded by Mystery: Meaning in a Postmodern Age Guarded by Mystery: Meaning in a Postmodern Age is a book written by David Walsh in 1950 and was written in English…

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From the above works, David proved to be a very good author because he produced quality work that impressed many individuals. In the book, Guarded by Mystery: Meaning in a Postmodern Age, his work is considered to be an apologia about the reality of God. Furthermore, it also illustrates God’ grounding of the existence of human beings on both the socio-political and personal levels to justify in a period of postmodern. The book largely reveals an era of a great interest in spirituality. Most productions of music, books and paraphernalia support ways of spirit thus striking phenomenon. According to research, people have come to admit that the authority of science and rational thought are not enough proof to the sense of life. The research therefore has always been continuous. According to the research findings, fundamentalist and evangelical churches are the most growing churches worldwide. The main reason behind this growth is due to failure of the current forms of life. The current cultures have technical prowess and are experienced as void of confusion and misery. The only way of survival as elaborated in the book, is to leap over the whole perspective of modernism in order to identify oneself in a secure place filled with divinely revealed faith. ...

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